Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
At Launch, Mytopia Shows Social Networks How To Play Nicely Together  —  There is a new casual gaming network in town that’s got some serious cross-platform chops.  Don’t be fooled by the cutesy graphics.  Today, Mytopia is simultaneously launching across Facebook, Bebo, MySpace …

Om Malik / GigaOM:
For Bloggers, Legit News Photos For Free  —  PicApp, a San Francisco-based company is offering copyright news and stock photos from large photo banks like Getty Images and Corbis for free.  The company is likely to announce availability of its public beta service later today.

louisgray.com:
LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel  —  How Select Tech Titans Stack Up (Click for larger image)  —  Last night, LinkedIn rolled out a major upgrade to the professionally-oriented social network and career/recruiting database, adding new company profiles …

John / John’s Blog:
Apple Software Update  —  What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong.  It undermines the trust relationship great companies have with their customers, and that’s bad — not just for Apple, but for the security of the whole Web.

Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
Breaking: Sony Won’t Charge $50 To Remove Bloatware  —  Responding to a tidal wave of outrage, Sony has reversed a plan to charge $50 to remove all the pre-installed applications — often derided as “bloatware” or “craplets” — from its high-end TZ-series notebooks.

Peter Kaplan / Reuters:
Verizon and AT&T dominate airwaves auction  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and AT&T Inc (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the two largest U.S. mobile phone companies, grabbed the lion’s share of a $19.12 billion auction of airwaves being vacated by television broadcasters.

Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
Think before you install  —  Look, people, it’s 2008: You’re responsible for what you install on your PC.  —  The outrage is spewing forth over Apple’s move to include Safari 3.1 as part of its Software Update program.  The new twist is that Windows users who never had installed […]

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
CBS Sports Facing March Madness Backlash on Facebook.  “This App Blows.”  —  Don’t mess with March Madness.  CBS Sports is learning that lesson the hard way on Facebook, where a major backlash is happening over its NCAA basketball bracket application.  Yes, this is the same application …

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Report: 95% of Internet video stuck looking longingly at TV  —  Video content online may be growing in popularity, but the vast majority isn’t getting anywhere near a TV screen.  New survey results from Macrovision (commissioned by Harris Interactive) say that only a small number of adults …

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Toast?  Hot Today, Dead Tomorrow—Like AOL?  —  For now, Facebook continues to take over the world.  Its global traffic is about to blow past MySpace’s, its image (and Mark Zuckerberg’s) has recovered from the Beacon fiasco, and it has raised a big enough cash pile that it should […]